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;?Quaran1eed Bona-FWe; Erery-Day . r . r 11 I - - - . "T - rrS:' " Z ' - L - " - V . j " - " . A .' . - .... w ti.-- T -: I - - i - . . - 5:.'.r - : - - It V" -" ill v a XI - - " I ::rrn..n p nnniiAninrinii i ,y V. i"J ;. -V- I - ; - :. ia,.-v.A ...... . .. I I I I I I . . . " I t t 1 I I I .: IV : I li ' I M . I - I I I VX , t- I . :V: ,. . .-. 1 . V I 1 t I I I I ' .-! v ' I Ji'b-BEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE STATIC OUtLINES. The ir;iininr nnmmittee at Son? , i -.- . c has broken off relations -with 'Kong Consul Wildman. -4 The Jilipiuo Question again discussed in t)e Senate; Senator Mason, of Illinois, i tukde -long argument against the ' )0iicy'of the government. The li'arkcy-McCoy fight resulted in the litter being knocked out in the tenth round. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania dismissed the applica- tion for removal of the trial of' the - Quay conspiracy "case. A con ference of Americans and Filipinos held at Manila to-arrange f or a mutual understanding. s- A private of the Secoii'd artillery shot and killed by a . i a. r lieuJluaDt 01 tne provos. guara a. oa- vannali, Ga. Company organized to establish a silk mill-at Lamberts Point, Va. C. M.- Tower, of Pa., I now if. S. Minister to Austria, has 'been appointed Ambassador to llus si3) 'and A. C. Harris, of In diana, to be Minister to Austria. Xew York markets: Money on call, was steady at 2,A2 per cent., ther Uast loan being at 2 per cent. ; cotton irmj middling uplauds 6.I4C; flour was aetive and less we'aker in tone ; wheat r-Wot uy ; X 2 red 79c; corn spotl j.aU; No. 2 4343Mc; rosin steady, Itraiiied common to good flJiO; spirits '4jtrntine steady at 45 jc. ;' i ." . ; j . .. . -U. 8. Dkp't or AQBiouiryHK. . I Weathke BUttEATJ,: ' i7ipaiNTGTOK, N. O., Jan, 10. ) remperatui-e : 8 A,M.,44 deg. 1 8 P.M.; ; 43 deg.maxioium, 53 deg..; miniruuni, . -43 deg. ; jmeak, 50 deg. ... .1 : 1 lUinfall" for the day, T; raiafall iiace 1st of th month up 'to date.09. Stage of water in the river at Fay ettevillf? at 8 A. M., 14.9 feet and fall-1 ' ins. '. ' - . , : ?OKEOAST FOR TO-DAY. : -AVahin'hton, Jan., 10. For North parol! hia: RiiD, fresh northeasterly I winds. . . 1 . - ' - ' . - STORM WARNING. to Oos'ervsr, Wilmington, N. C: I : HbSt information siarnal 10:30 P. M. Distifrbin''. in the Central Gulf, ap proair the South Atlantic coast; willfq.-. w high northeast winds and; rain.o- .. ; Middle and South Atlantic coast. 1 ' '- 1 - : ; .; ' ?lrt Almaaac Jan. 11. , dun Rises................ 7.13 A. M. Sm Sets.,., 5.03 P. M. . Dav? "Length.'."...'-.'-...-!'.'.". . 1 H. 52-M. .tlign Water at Southjpor 7.33 P. M. dish Water, Wilminto 10.03 P. M. i! A Northern museum has a-collec-. tioji of 250,000 bugs; and not ' a humbug, among 'em.. - ' j An -exchange remarks that Karl Schur has. been. )iliou3 for many yearsA good man people thought jit was a tape worm that troubled him. -'- '. (. j ' : r - ; Jerry-. SLmp3on says it was the good titne3 ia Kansas that defeated . iim. j 'Ther good- time3 for other Kanius made bad times for Jerry, : for ho lost his former soft snap: Wo arc i.a receipt of the Baltimore - Sun Almanac for 1899, a carefully prepared andcompiled publication filled .with valuable statistical nd : other information, conveniently ar ranged for reference. f ' . .-ivi. v : v.-;- ; I On I)eeember 24 Henry Miller, an aged Lancaster, Pa., man fell and broke his neck. ' He wa3 taken to .a' hospital, and at last accounts ,was still living. This1 is proof that there are other men in that State besides ,Hon. Matt Quay, hard to' knock out. One of . the sensations in Bruns wick, X, J., ia a 5-year . old negro .qoy from Atlanta. Ga' who greaahing among the negroes ai caning the sinners to repentance. He is gathering them " into the fold, too; for thev say he. preaches well and prays fervently. :j . . They have the art of cutting ve neering down so fine, . or rather so thin that they can shave an ele phants tusk thirty inches long into ; a sheet twenty inches wide and 150 inches long, and rosewood or .ma hogany so thin that it, would take fifty sheets to make'an inch. ;". ' --'There are two Pennsylvania men who claim that they hayo belonged. to tn'-i same church choir for fifty years without a discordant note, and they are not deaf, dumb nor blind. .Their hftlnnmnff t.r4.ho nir O O v v av m'ght seem to preclude, this, but .- then ihey might take turn about in j Pimping in the wind. . .. " Mr- Georse T. Anerell. in view of prevalence of the grip, writes the' nicago News to recommend the nai of powderad sulphur in . the 8li0es, about half a teaspoonful in each)8hoe, which he believes will be an efEective preventive, not only ; that but' of other contagious i d.l8.eases. He quotes eminent ' phy k sicians, and Others- who have tried support of his suggestion. On 19 8nwing it is worth trying, as the Temedy ig within reach of ali and au ao harm if it does no good. V . I 7T ' 1 . VOL. LXIH. NO. 93 Mrs. liranms attended, another negro ; meeting in Kew York the other day and told of the great number and variety of ; letters Bhe had received since her reported ut terance about white women in the South having negro blood in. their veins (which she afterwards denied), among - others sometpurporting to come from negroes offering to marry her. Mrs. Grannis mav only be ne- culiar, ' but; she certainly, shows a very questionable peculiarity in her hankering to attend and take part in those negro meetings. -When she thus makes equals of negroes it is not surprising if some Mmirlng negro shonid off er to marry her, if she be not already supplied with as much husband as the law allows. A New York publisher sent Kaiser Wm. i a check for $5,000, with a request for his views on the Spanish-American war." The Kaiser didn't have any views for publica tion, and thejaublisher got his check back. . We'd j like to see him try that game on us. We'd give him views until j he couldn't rest, and that check wouldn't go back, either: -The Uhicasaw Indian "-legislature has raised the marriage license- for white men who - want to marry squaw3 from $30 to $600.. ' Zhis : is drawing the color lino and " making the white-man who wishes to indulge in the luxury of a red wife pay ; for it. . . "V ' ' ,..v:h"'. It is said that 250,000,000 microbes might congregate on a postage Btamp and then have plenty of romp ing room. We print this for the benefit of the man who persists in licking the stamp. u No person as thoroughly qualified to become a successful 'denizen of the Philippines until he or she has tackled beri-beri and mali-mali and downed them both. An exchange rises to remark that "Among the Republicans pie is more powerfuHhan principle. "-TJiey find it a greaXdeiaorefininV you. Bec NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ' I - , 1 ' .- -,,'. : I D. O'Connor For rent, John H. Hanby Notice. Opera House Carnival of Seasons. BUSINESS LOCALS. B. F. BdyMn New business. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. Stirling Jones, of Greens boro, was in the city yesterday. J. B. Schulken, Esq., of White ville, is registered at The.Ortbn. ' .. Dr. N. A. Thompson, of Chad bourn, was in the city making business calls yesterday, ' ' -, : . 4 - Dr. Paul E. Tiemann, of the home office of the New York iife, In- suranceCo., is in the city on business. t-- Fayetteville Observer: Miss Annie Taylor, of "Wilmington, is here' on a visit to her uncle, Mr. Cl L. Tay lor. ' ' .- - - j; :K - ' Mrs. Joe C. Shepard returned yesterday from Kenansville where she visited her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard now have apartments at. 412 Market street. i H Mrs. W. A. Lineker, designer for J. B. Lahberte of (Quebec, tue largest fur dealer in America, arrived . in Wilmington last night to spend some time' with her husband Mr, W. A. Lineker of this city, before leaving the continent for a yisit to London and Paris. ,.';, ' ''c'-fr ; V . f THE TEA" BY ST. MARGARETS GUILD It Will Be Given at the Harlowe Home To- v morrow Night , . An event toward, which many peo ple are looking with pleasant antici pation is the "Tea" by St Margaret's Guild at the home of Mrs. W. L. llar lo we, corner Third and Market streets to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon and evening, from 5 to 10 o'clock. x As announced' in yesterday's Stab, those who share the hospitality of the young ladies of the Guild will be ex pected to make a comribution to tne, treasury of the Guild. ' ,A receptacle for the donations will be conveniently placed In the hall of the Harlowe home. Members of . the Guild are . making extensive preparations for the "Tea," and it will assuredly be a thor oughly elegant affair. The Coming Carnival. . J ' The people of Wilmington are pleas antly anticipating the presentation of the "Carnival of the Seasons" to oe given by Miss Cammie Lord's dancing pupils at the Opera House Friday night and Saturday afternoon for thej beneat of The Shelter of the Silver Cross, under the auspices of the ladies of the Ministering Circle, The King's Daughters. It will assuredly be a brilliant and , highly entertaining event and there is every assurance that hearty and adequate patronage will be accorded. ;. The benefit Foot Ball Game. Members of the W. H. S. foot ball team are urged to attend the practice to be held to-night at their practice grounds on Front street It is desired that the practice be as full and regular as possible as the game to be played, benefit of Miss Norma Foster, is to be "pulled off" at an early date. . , IRILLIANTRECEPTION By Wilmington Bridesmaids the Gray-Springer Bridal Party to WAS TENDERED LAST NIGHT At the Home of Col. and Mrs.' Walker Taylor Marriage Ceremony at 5 P. M. To-day Reception at The Orton; There will be celebrated in Wil mington to day one of the most fash ionable and elaborate weddings which has occurred in this- city this season. It will be the Gray-Springer marriage the ceremonials attendant upon which will do honor to the plighting of troth between Mr. Andrew J. Gray, Jr., of Richmond, and Miss Clara . Springer, ; of this city. j . The service will be at 5 P. M. in St. James' Episcopal Church, and will be followed b an elaborate reception at The Orton from 5.30 to 7.15 o'clock, at which hour the bride and eroom will leave on the north-bound A. C. L. train for a tour of Northern cities. ; The groom-elect and a party of rela tives and friends from ! Richmond, Lynchburg and elsewhere arrived in the city last night and are registered' at The Of ton. yisiling members of the bridal party will remain in, the city to-night and attend the german to be given by L' Arioso German Club, i A Brilliant Reception. i , Last night at the elegant home of Col. and Mrs. Walker Taylor a de lightful reception' was tendered the bridal party, ushers and others having to do with the .marriage ceremonies. The event was "tendered by those bridesmaids who reside in i Wilming ton Mra. R. C. DeRosset, Miss Bessie Gibson, Miss May Beverly French, Miss 1 Liila Bellamy, Miss Fannje Taylor, Miss Bessie Wiggins! They were assisted - in ' the reception and entertainment of the guests by Miss Sue Cumming, Mr. Corprew, Nof Norfolk. CJol. and Mrs. Walker Tay lor, in their wonted proverbially hos pitable way, added greatly to the pleasure of the quests and success of the evening.;. ';:; -; , . .-: The Taylor home was beautifully decorated with potted plants, smilax, mistletoe, mosses, buntings, etc. About midnight the company of guests were ushered into the -dining room, where! delicious refreshments were served..'" ''.', ; j! . . During the time refreshments were being served Col. Taylor proposed a happy and peculiarly appropriate toast to the groom-elect, and he responded in an equally happyvein. ; The reception was in progress from 10 to 13.30 o'clock. Participants other than those previously mentioned were Miss Clara Springer, bride-elect; Mr. A. J,' Gray, Jr., groom-elect; Miss Ada Gray, Mr. William Gray, Mr. Clarence Gray, respectively .sister and brothers of the groom-elect;. Mr. A.- J. Gray, Sr., father of the groom-elect; Mr. aid MrsJ H. K Grav. uncle and aunt to the groom elect; Mr. Granville. Gray, Mr. Clifton Miller, Mr. Lee Bragg, Mrs. J. A. Moncure, Dr. L. H. Love, all of Richmond; Mr. J.R. Henry, Mr. R. H. T. Adams;of 'Lynchburg, Mr. E. O. Alston, of Raleigh; Mr. S. C. Wprthami of Baltimore; Mrs. R F. Baird, of Philadelphia; Mr. H. P. Munson, Mr. Ed H. Munson, Mr. R. H. Cowan, Mr. T. M. Turrentine, Mr. Sam Springer, Mr. Woodruff King and Dr. R. J. Price (' FIRST WARD DEMOCRATS. Organized a Club at Their (Meeting Last Night Officers Elected, Etc. Pursuant to call, a meeting of voters of the First Ward was held last night at Phoenix hall. ' I After some discussion, jt was decid ed to organize the meeting into a Dem ocratic Club. Mr. (William West was made chairman and Mr. William Shee- han. Sr.. was elected ' secretary. Mr. Jno. G. Marshall was elected an hon orary member of the club. ' ' i i A committee consisting of Messrs. West, Sheehan, Irving and Sykes was appointed to draft suitable' by laws for the government of the club and to report at. the next meeting, which will be held Friday night, j "' A resolution , endorsing .the efforts of the White Laborers' Union, in its efforts to better the condition of the working classes, was ' .unanimously passed. l , The club has an enrollment of fifty members, and in the future will hold regular monthly meetings. Interesting Case This Afternoon. . I Justice McGowan. at 3 o'clock this afternoon, will investigate an alleged assault by Sergeant J. R . Davis and policemen ? Woebse and George, j on one of the white men arrested in con nection with the recent raid on a dis reputable negro house on Fourth street The investigation was set for 4.30 o'clock - yesterday afternoon, but was continued on account of the ill ness of Justice McGowan. Both sides have retained counsel. ' ".. ;t New Business. Mr. B. F. Boykin has bought the as signed stock of groceries of the firm of J. L. Croom & Co., and in the future will conduct a first class grocery and commission business at the old stand, No 12 Mulberry street between Front and Water, , He solicits consignments of country produce, and offers as an inducement to shippers quick sales and prompt returns. See advertisement WILMINGTON, NrC, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK. Held Yesterday at Koon President Nor wood's Report Makes, Creditable r - " Showing of Year's Business, The-annual meeting of the stock holders of the Atlantic National Bank was held at noon yesterday. Col. J. W. Atkinson presided and Mr. C."E. Taylor, Jr., was appointed secretary. The committee on proxies Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy, Mr. William A. French and Mr. A. David reported 820 shares out of 1,250 represented in person and by proxy. . . , j.--- After the reading and adoption of the minutes of the last annual meet ing, Mr. J. W.. Norwood, the-president, read his annual report, which was, on . motion bf Mr. Samuel Bear, Jr., adopted and ordered spread uponJ the minutes of the meeting. : It is as follows, to-wit: .. '. j To the Stockholders of the Atlantic national nanle: Geittlemkn The followinsr state ment places before you - the condition of the Atlantic National Bank at the close of business December 31st: .- RESOURCES. -' .. ' j - Loans 663,252.06 Overdrafts.... . 9.591 74 U.8. Bonis (at par) 95,800.00 cnjiog aoii8e ana Fixtures 10,000.00 uuerrom app'a res've agt's ?268 919.65 Due from other bants...... ifl24RAf)7 Casli on hand 131.797 53581.18118 Total..'............................ 853,6J6.97 LIABILITIES. ' Capital'. $ 123,( 00.00 Surplus and Undivided t?oflt5...... fit nut no Circulation ............ ..i... 40.95000 uep slti U. 8. Treas... 50,000.00 Deposits fro-n Banks. ...... 230 15J KS D3iiosirsfrom.lndivUual8, 83l,606.2-i,'pi 761.88 Total J.................. $1,852,826.9? The net profit to stockholders dur ing the past year has been $19,677.03, or la.iKspercent Thepolicyof your board nas oeen to carry an assets at as near actual value as possible, and not to exaggerate apparant profits. Members of your Board familiar with all secur . j. 1 . .... nurs 111 mo uhqk are wuiinsr 10 - pay book value for any stock as indicated by above statement. I Irom the last day of December. 1897, to the last day of December, 1898, i our deposits- have increased $368,836.33 from $732,923.55 to $1,- 101,760.88. The growth of our de posits during the past twelve months has been greater than in any other one year of our existence.! This growth is due in -part to special de posits made the latter part of Decem ber, which will be . temporary, and partly to the business growth and prosperity of our city and com munity,, which we hope will- be per manent. The Board invites all stockholders to feel free at all times to make sug gestions, having in view the improve ment or our business. Tne most ef fectual way for a stockholder; to help the value of his stock is for him to help the bank attract valuable busi ness, ii Respectfully submitted, " J.-W.-Norwood, : 1 i President The following directors were unani mously elected for the ensuing year: Messrs. J. W. Norwood, D.(Ti. Gore, S. P. McNair, E. J. Powers, W. E. Springer, J. S. Worth, C. W. Worth, H. L: Vollers, P. I Bridgers, G. A. Norwood and H. B Short After remarks from several stock holders, all of whom expressed them selves as pleased with the bank's pro gress for the past year, and hopeful for the. future, the meeting adjourned. NATIONAL BANK OF WILMINQTON. The Annual Meetin; of Stockholders Held at -Noon Yesterday. The stockholders of the . National Bank of Wilmington met pin annual session at noon yesterday, Junius Davis, Esq., presiding. . I p The report of President Jno. S. Armstrong for the year ending Jan- uary 9th showed the Bank's assets to be $737,312.97; cash on hand and in other 1 banks, $330,751,531 loans and discounts, $274,028.65; U. S. bonds at par $100,000, and N. C. bonds', at par $4,35Q.- The bonds mentioned, the President says, ; carry j also many thousand dollars profits not shown in the report The following directors were elected: j Hugh MacRae, Wm. Gilchrist Chas. E. Borden, Gabriel Holmes, Wm. Calder. Geo. French, Jas. H. Chad- bourn, Jr.,Jas.. S. Armstrong, Wm. E.-Worth, J. G. L. Gieschen andCW. Yates..1:. ,-' ;'-' . After the session of the stockholders the directors met and re-elected Mr. John S. Armstrong president; Mr. William Calder and f Mr. James H. Chadbourn," Jr.", vice president and Mr. F. R. Hawes cashier. .' . . BEFORE MAYOR WADDELL. Cases That Were Tried ia the Police Court -..';' Yesterday. ' ': ;'-,- James Donovan, one of the white tramps arrested Saturday night for disorderly conduct and ordered by the Mayor to leave town. Monday, was before the pdlice court again yester day. ; He was arrested by Policeman Wood Monday . night for disorderly conduct, but it later developed that he was also wanted fori the larceny of a package of starch from the store of Messrs. Sternberger Bros. Mayor Wad dell tried him on the latter charge and sent him to jail inj default of $100 bond! for his appearance at next term of the Criminal Court - Rosa King and Bettie Pigford, both colored, for being drunk and fighting, were fined ten dollars eacn or sen tenced to twenty days each on the streets. , : John Stewart the inegro who gave the officers such a lively chase late Monday afternoon, was tried for dis orderly conduct and fined five dollars and costs. . . . i ' King BelL colored, was fined three dollars and costs for a similar offence. The regular, bona fide circula tion of The Morning Star is much larger than that of any other daily i newspaper published in Wilmington. LOCAL DOTS; r L'Arioso German 5 Club will give their January german in Germa nia Hall to-night i Justice Fowler disposed of sev eral-unimportant cases for disorderly conduct yesterday afternoon.. - Justice McGowan was too un well to be at Jhis office yesterday af ternoon. He has a slight i attack of fever. The British steamship " Marion arrived last night with a i cargo of phosphates and kainit for the Navassa Guano Co. The Piano Club will meet at the residence of Col. A. M. Waddell this morning at 11 o'clock. A full atten dance is desired. L i - After severardays of inactiv- ; ity, j the spirits turpentine market opened again.yesterday with' sales at 42(312 cents per gallon. Fifty-five casks were received. -4 Capt. Moore, of the schooner- Joseph, which arrived here yesterday, ; reports having seen a tremenduos wbale off Frying Pan shoals Sunday. The whale was about fire miles from shore. ''- '"' - ': -: :i'.:- On the steamer ! Hurt which arrived from Fayetteville yesterday. Were four Italians with the usual complement of hand organs and mon-! keysJ They "worked" Water street yesterday. ,.; ;":::j. ;'y -j- The llaleigh News and Ob server annou nces that The Soldiers Home has received a contribution of $80 from Commander George L. Hug gins of Cape Fear Camp No. 254 U. C: V. of this city. ; : Cotton advanced one-eighth of a cent yesterday, being quoted at the closing at 5 cents for middling!. : Re ceipts yesterday 677 bales ; s same day last year 415 bales. The price on the corresponding day last year was 5 7-16 cents. ,:'!" '.'.;. r ' 7-, The Unar lotto Uoserver oi : yes terday says: "Mr. Andrew, J. Iiew lett, an ex-alderman of 'Wilmington, passed through here yesterday on his way to 'Knoxville, Tenn., where he will engage in the hardware business. He has sold out in Wilmington. . - A horse attached to a milk; wagon belonging to Mr. Mike Carroll, became mgntened at a! street car on J Princess street yesterday after-j noon and ran down if rincess and up Fourth strett, smashing up the cart and scattering milk cans in every di rection, i YESTERDAY'S SESSION OF CIRCUIT CRIMINAL COURT.! Ed King, Colored, Submitted; to Murder in Second Decree Court Will Prob ably Adjourn Thursday. Ed King, - the negro charged with; the murder of John Johnson, colored,' in "Dross Neck," on the night of Au gust 10th, plead guilty of murder in the second degree in the Circuit Crimi-j nal Court yesterday through his at torneys Iredell' Meares, Esq., and Geo. L. Peschau, Esq., and counsel for. the State accepted the plea as a submission. - Judge Battle has not yet sentence in the case. pronounced Cases for trivial offences were dis posed of as follows;, '"'," Jno. Bayard, colored, carrying con cealed weapon and assault with-deadly' weapon, guilty; one year in the county jaiL ' ' ..' .-. Thos. Kelly, colored, larceny ; twel vie months in the coUnty jail. Samuel Minor, colored, larceny ; not guilty. . Pat Murphy, larcenyj .not guilty: but prisoner was held for a new bill to be drafted.. The case is for the theft of a bicycle, and original bill gave the wrong name of owner. Jj n Kancy Bell, colored, ! no bill pro duced and defendant discharged, Scot Hinsdale, colored, larceny; not guilty. i J. W. Brouton, colored, injury to personal property; not guilty. Hannah Walton, injury to personal property; submitted, and dismissed on payment of costs and .75 cents, the value of a chair - broken, which was the; only grounds on which the, case was brought to the Criminal Court pave Brown and Jake Thompson, affray; guilty; discharged on. the pay ment of costs. 4 Samuel Waddell, colored, abandon ment; not guilty. - ; The most important case set for trial to day is that against Ed King, Chas, Fisher and Geo. Walker, all colored, charged with burglary 'breaking into the residence of Mr. W.. N; Harms last Summer. i w C Judge Battle told a member of the Stab staff last night I that very few cases remain to be tried during this term of the court ' In fact, it is very probable that court will adjourn for the term to-morrow. In speaking of the work of the court, the Judge said that he finds that in this county very many cases of en tirely too little importance have been sent up to the -Circuit Court by the magistrates. ' He has cleared the . docket not a single case having beenleft open for future courts. It is worthy of. note that the court has been run on strictly a cash basis no costs being left open for future settlement . or. defendants recognized for costs until next term. To City Subscribers. City subscnDers are earnestly re quested to report promptly at the Stab office every failure of the carriers to deliver their papers. In all such cases steps will be taken to insure promp and regular delivery. i j 1899. GRATIFIED AT STATUS OF HIGH SCHOOL WORK. The New Superintendent Inspected That Institution Yesterday Journal Tells - of Prof. Blair's Antecedents. Prof. John J. Blair, WUmington's new- superintendent of schools,' is already getting - down to hard work and proposes to conduct a vigorous ed ucational campaign. . , Yesterday he devoted histime principally to inspect ing the Tileston High School and the arrangement of his office apartment at the Hemenwav-schooL The forenoon yesterday was spent at the High School where he addressed the pupils and teachers during the opening exercises in . the chapel, and subsequently visited each grade of the school.' ; To a member of the Stab staff he gave expression to especial pleasure at the status of work in the High School. He says there is no city in the State favored with as thorough and com plete a high school .department as is Wilmington. And he intends to exert every effort to promote its effective ness. The Winston Journal of a' recent issue in referring editorially to Win ston's loss of Prof. Blair, says : "While r we regret exceedingly to lose so good a superintendent . and ex cellent citizen, yet we congratulate him upon his rise in the educational line. ';' Prof. Blair. Was bom in Guilford county. N. C. , His family came to the State from Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary war. His mother's family are of Scotch and his father's family of English origin. , On his mother's side, Prof. Blair comes through a line of seven genera tions of preachers without "a break. His great-grandfather, Nathan Hunt, was the most celebrated minister the Society of Friends has produced in this country and it was largely through him that Guilford College was founded. He collected in England the greater portion of the "funds used in erecting the first building there. Prof. Blair Holds a warm place in the hearts of -our citizens whose best wishes follow him in his new field of labor." CAPT: E. W. MANNING. Elected County Supervisor of Schools for New Hanorer County Several New Committeemen Elected. At a meeting of the New Hanover Board . of Education in conjunction with the Clerk of the Court and Regis ter of Deeds held yesterday, Capt. E. W. Manning was elected County Su pervisor of Schools. All members of the Board Chairman B, G. Worth, Capt. T. D. Meares and Mr. G. W. Westbrook, Col. Jno. i. Taylor, Clerk of the ' Court and Register of Deeds Biddle were in attendance upon the meeting. After the election, the Board of EduJ cation held a separate session during which school committeemen to fill vacancies were elected as follows: First School District Mr. R. J. Jones ; Second District,. Mr. W. A. Riach; Third District, Mr. Jas. Cowan, and Fourth District, D. W. Trask. Two colored committeemen, the last in the county, Geo. E. Green and Archie Freeman, were removed from the school committee of the Sixth Dis trict They "also declared a vacancy in the ease of Mr. W. D. Rhodes, who has removed from the county. Receipts NaVal Stores Cotton . Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 354 bales cot ton, 3 casks spirits turpentine, 8 bar rels tar, lb barrels crude turpentine. W.. (J. & A. Kailroad 313 bales cotton, 21 casks spirits turpentine, 14 barrels rosin, lzl barrels tar, 18 bar rels crude turpentine. Carolina Uentral Railroad 9 casks spirits turnentine. 19 barrels rosin, 25 barrels tar, 32 barrels crude turpentine. U. F. . & x. V. Kailroad 15 casks spirits turpentine. 28 barrels tar. Steamer A. Jf . . Hurt 10 bales cotton, 7 casks spirits turpentine, 169 barrels rosin. 109 barrels tar. Steamer Croesus 90 barrels rosins 4 barrels tar. Total Cotton. 677 bales; spirits tur nentine. 55 casks . rosin. 292 barrels ; tar, 295 barrels, crude turpentine bb bar- reis.' "-. -- Installatioo Ust Night The following officers pf Carolina Ruling No. .345, Fraternal Mystic Circle, were installed at the regula meeting last msrht by .Worthy Past Ruler James W. Monroe : - Ruler Dr. S. Mendlesohn. Vice Ruler Dr.- R. J. Price. Chaplain James F. Gause. Recorder jj. H. Dreher.' Collector W, J. Clemmons. Treasurer J B. Mercer. Marshal M. Kirschbaum. "Warden W. D. Huhn. Guard W. Paul. Secretary Benj. McD. Russell. Medical Examiner rDr. A. H. Har- riss. - . : ; Trustees T. R Post, James W. Monroe, W. E. Perdew. . Wilmington Musical Association. . A highly satisfactory rehearsal was held in the Y. M. C. A. parlors last night by the Wilmington Musical As sociation. Excellent progress is being made in the mastery of the oratorio Joan of Arc, to be rendered on the oc casion of the Association's annual re cital. Last nieht all the old officers were unanimously re-elected for the ensuing year. They are: .. President CpL A. M. Waddell. Vice President Miss Annie J. Hart ' Musical Director Mr. Ed. H. Mun son. . ';' ;-; ' '.:'.."' '' . ? Secretary and Treasurer Mr. J. W. Riley, Jr. BY IVER AND RAIL. WHOLE NO. 9,798 THE STATE LEGISLATURE. Resolution for Election of U. S. Senators by the People Passed Both Houses. Penitentiary Investigation. Special Star Telegram. . Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 10. The Sen ate to-day passed unanimously a reso lution calling on our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their best efforts to have a coostitu tional amendment providing fur the election of United States Senators by the people submitted to the Legisla tures of the several States. : Senator Cowper introduced a bill to provide for white government in the county of Hertford. .The rest of the session was devoted to routine work1. In the afternoon, the Senate Com mittee on Elections heard the contested case of Cannon vs. Franks, from the .Thirty-fourth district Davidson and Ferguson appeared for Franks, and Posey and Smith for Cannon. The case was hotly contested, the contes tant alleging that there were irregu larities in some precincts and that the Cherokee Indians who voted for Franks were not entitled to vote at all. After a three hours' hearing the com mittee decided, by a unanimous vote, that Franks, Republican, was entitled to hold his seat. The case of Eaves and Lambert vs. Souther and Kenley, from the Thirty- first district, comes up to-day. Eaves and Lambert will be seated, , as they have a clear case. In the House c the bill providing for an investigation of the penitentiary was favorably re ported. The committee is empowered to compel attendance of witnesses by a fine of $1,000, if necessary. ' The bill repealing the act of 1897, which requires officers of corporations to file an oath with the State auditor created considerable debate in the House. Mr. Rountree favored the re peal of the act The bill was lost by a vote of 40 to 71. - ' The Senate resolution as to the elec tion of United States Senators by tlys people was passed. A . bill repealing the act providing for the working of the roads of Northampton by taxation was passed. Mr.L Robinson introduced a bill to amend the charter of Fayetteville. A bill permitting the Bank pfFay; etteville to reduce its capital stock from two hundred thousand to. one hundred thousand dollars was passed. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. " Wilmington, N. C, Janbaet 10th, 189). , Bids for taking down the piaster, ceilings and cornices in the Mayor's - Office, and the nffice of the Board of Audit and Finance in the City Hall Duuaing. ana replacing tnem witn wooaen ceillBg8imilar to that in the City Court room, will be received at the Mayor's Office until noon on Monday, the 16th Inst., wood work to L-e painted in two coats, i JOHN H. HANBY, unairman uommutee on nnuc uuuaings ja 11 5t MULES, MULES. Two Good For Sale. Farm Mutes Also, Corn, Hay-, Meat BXolassea . . Oats, , Bran, and other goods. D. L GORE, 120, 128 and 124 n. Water street, -wnmington. N. C ja8tf JUST TO MAKE YOU COME and . to lntrodace to you the great MERITS OF LIGHTHOUSE SOAP, (the finest Laundry SoaD in town). I will give you free of cost one bar with every two bars you purcnase. ; i. . Look at mv show window. It Is (Shock full of useful presents that you get by - saving the OUTSIDE WEAVfEhS OF LIGHTHOUSE BOAP. S. W. SANDERS, ! At the Unlucky Corner. ja 6tf At (Might! You cant get a Doctor" every time you want him, and some times you can't get In a Drug Store. Po save yourselves all this bother and worry and pur chase to-day a bottle of Pyxis Croup Remedy, 35 cts. Most drug stores keep it. James D. Nutt, Proprietor. de 17 tf j . . ; . :'. What's the Use of Walking when you can ride lust as eheap? Now Is the time to buy a bargain in a gi horse. I have ; must be sold on hand a few nice Horses that must be sold anrain in a. eooa m out at your own figures. as I must make room for a large consignment of Horses and amies tnat wui ai arrive about the first of Jan- nary. i Ail stock guaranteed as represented. LW. BATES, at Davis' Stables, on Market between Second ana xmra BLreeu. . . - aeiau HOOP IRON. 150 Bundle 1 inch Iron.. 100 Bundle- IX Iron. 176 Bandies IX Iron. 60 Bundles IX Iron, ' 80 Barrels Glue. 200 Dosen Market Baskets. 25 Pic Nie Cheese. 900 Pounds Dried Apples.' 840 Kegs Nails. 250 Bates Shot. ' 100 Bundles W. P. Caps. ' l B. COOPER, Wbolaeale Grocer, WHm-uzton. H. Ja8tf a f 6.00 . s.5o; 1.85: X Three Months, Y i wo -.ontbs, 1.00 Dell-ered. to Snbterlbera In Y - City at 4S Cents per Ho.tlu: X NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Is to the effect that our justly celebrated : X 'A ari 1' giving perfect satisfaction to all who have tried them. P02PT FAIL TO, SEE THEM. f -. We can also supply you with every thing in the HARDWARE and HOUSE FURNISHING line at Bottom Prices. REMEMBER THE PLACE? J.W. no 24 tf ii. HIGHWAY MONOPOLY. c We have worked the Cigar business as we have done the Cured Hog Product, and have succeeded because the goods were notoriously superior to anv thing ever offered the retail trade -before In quayty, style, and equal to what was s 'Id for ten c ent hence our success not us but the goods were meritorious; so we are called "Monopoly." We do however, with" pride say ' we will sell a balf million of these Cigars this . year and hODe the consumer will demand . Cuban Blossom, Renown, -. Smokettes,. Topical Twist. The Best 5c Cigars Sold.- Pf For Xmas we carry small boxes high grade Cigars and (solicit Inquiries from the trade to whom we sell exclusively; i de 18 Wholesale only. NOTICE. I haVe low of both Mules and Horses, and some family Broke Ponies. And one of tbem would make the Doys and girls feel like Santa Clause had come. Now Is the time to buy while the trade Is dull. After the first of the year they will be worth more money. , F. T, MILLS. deaotf and we thank you for . the trade given us.. ' N business. We are here to do and ask your patronage, Our Motto is to Please. McNAIR & PEARS ALL ja 8 if OPERA HOUSE. Friday Right, January ISth. .' . . . . .. - SATURDAY MATINEE. , THE OARNIVAI. OF SEASONS. ' ' ' TI1IK ' i'S MSpring... ..............way Day summer... oun;noijuiy Autumn.............' All Halloween Winter Xmas Ere A number of beautiful spectacular dances, in. which 110 children will appear, under the effi cient training 1 1 - ' MISS LORD. Given for the benefit of "Hie Shelter bf The . Silver ctcss," under the auspices of "The Min istering circle of the King's uaugnters. Admlsslon 60 cents. No extra charge for re served seats. . . -, - - - .... Mafnee Drices vaults, so csnts; cruiaren un der twelve years of age half once. Opens at Gerken's on Thursday morning, January 12th. Ja8 0t FOR REHT. HOUSE corner Second and Grace. ' BOUSE corner Chesnut and Seventh, t HOUSE on Princess between 7th and 8th. .... .V. ' HOUSE corner 5th and Walnut. -. HOUSE on 5th between Dock and Orange. , - .'.Apply to ; , . D. O'GONNOE, ja8St. t Beal Estate Agent. NOTICE. Office of BUCKWKLL'S DURHAM TOBACCO CO., Durham, V. C, Jan. 8rd, 1899. - The AP""-i Meeting of the stockholders of Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Company will be held at the office of the Company, at Durham, N. C, on Tuesday, January 17th, at ;1 o'clock : P. M., for election of Directors and for such other business as may be found necessary to transact.- J. 8. C ABB, President. GEO. w. ELB3N8, Secretary. Ia6t One .Tear, by Kail. X Six Month; " FRIJhl THE PENINSULA Peninsula Staves and Kansas Voters nip Ax 'T r. On Oranges all k 2 I: ' !' i r- -..-!. ""-ii 'f.',;';f I -7 1 ' " I
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